The Gators will still pound the quarterback up the middle in short-yardage situations – just not with John Brantley.

Florida has been using freshman quarterback Trey Burton in goal-line drills and he has impressed coaches.

"He did a great job [Friday] at the goal line," Brantley said. "He loves to run that ball, he has always told me that. He got a big chance today to do that and he proved himself."

Burton could be utilized in the same fashion Tim Tebow was in his freshman season. That year, Tebow came into games for starter Chris Leak to run the ball 89 times, while only throwing 33 passes.

"He's looking really good right now," running back Emmanuel Moody said. "He is taking a lot of snaps like Tebow did last year."

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*RB Emmanuel Moody said he has been getting his pads lower this year in goal-line situations and that his ankle feels healthy. "I have a better range of motion, the pain is gone and this season is going to be a great year," he said

*Special teams coach D.J. Durkin said UF has not decided on the return guys yet. Ideally, he said the coaches would like one player as the punt returner and another one as the kick returner.